Radio frequency interference mitigation with phase-only adaptive beam forming

Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation in Radio Astronomy

Exascale Real-Time Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation

Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) mitigation is extremely important to take advantage of the vastly improved bandwidth, sensitivity, and field-of-view of exascale telescopes. For current instruments, RFI mitigation is typically done offline, and in some cases (partially) manually. At the same time, it is clear that due to the high bandwidth requirements, RFI mitigation will have to be done aut...

Radio Frequency Interference

We describe the nature of the interference challenges facing radio astronomy in the next decade. These challenges will not be solved by regulation only, negotiation and mitigation will become vital. There is no silver bullet for mitigating against interference. A successful mitigation approach is most likely to be a hierarchical or progressive approach throughout the telescope and signal condit...

Adaptive beamforming system for radio-frequency interference rejection

8MHzBP filter at -Q+ bandpass 70 MHz filter Abstract: Results from an experimental antenna array that is processed adaptively to cancel external radio-frequency interference are presented. The eight-element array has been tested in a far-field anechoic chamber. The adaptive beamformer rejects sidelobe and main-lobe interference by up to 37 dB. A conventional Fourier beamformer rejects interfere...

Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation for Detection of Extended Sources with an Interferometer

Radio frequency interference (RFI) is a significant problem for current and future radio telescopes. We describe here a method for post-correlation cancellation of RFI for the special case of an extended source observed with an interferometer that spatially resolves the astronomical signal. In this circumstance, the astronomical signal is detected through the auto-correlations of each antenna b...